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Application filed July 27,

My invention relates to the manufacture of wovencollars, particularly ofthe turndown or folding type, and it consists primarily in the use oftextile material that is woven to provide the shapes desired withselvage edges that will give to the collars the desired lines and set,with a View to providing collars having properly shaped selvage edgesrather than the folded and stitched ends produced by hemming raw edgesof the fabric which have been cut to the forms heretofore used.

The ,collars of my invention may be made either from a single piece ofmaterial or webbing provided with .selvage edges having the desiredshapes woven therein, or such collars may be formed by sewing togetherneclrband and turn-down portions woven with selvage edges having thedesired shapes or lines, the neckband and turn-down part being sewedtogether to form the collar, without necessity for folding and stitchingor hemming the longitudinal edges of such neclrband and turn-downportions having selvage edges.

The characteristic features of my invention are set out in the followingdescription and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates a one piece turn-down collar wovenwith selvage edges, the collar being shown expanded with the neckbandand the turn-down portion in a common plane; Fig. 2 is a plan view of aturn-down portion of a collar woven with selvage edges having thenecessary lines for providing a collar of the desired shape and set;Fig. 3 is a plan view of a neckband woven with selvage edges havinglines required for incorporating it in a collar with the shape and setdesired Fig. 4 is a plan view of an expanded two piece collar made inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 5 is a view of the same folded; Fig.6 is a plan view of a strip of webbing woven with shaped selvage edgesand in sections adapted to be separated to provide parts similar tothose shown in Fig- 2; Fig. 7 is a plan view of a strip of webbing wovenwith shaped selvage edges and in sections adapted to be separated toprovide parts similar to those shown in Fig. 3, and Figs. 8, 9 and 10are sectional views illustrating neckband and turn-clown parts indiiferent forms.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the collar is made from a single piece ofmaterial 1 having the 1922. Serial No. 577,815.

shaped longitudinal selvage edges 2 andi-i, the ends having thetransverse hems i which may be formed in any desired or usual man ner.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the turn-down portion 5 of a folding collar iswoven with the shaped longitudinal selvage edges (land 7. the endsbeingprovided with the edgese which are to be turned in and hemmed inany usual or desired manner.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the neckband portion 9 is woven with theshaped longitudinal selvage edges 10 and 11, the band having the ends 12adapted to be hemmed in any 5 l desired manner.

As illustrated in Fig. A, the blanks 5 and 9 have their edges, outlinedby the lines 7 and 10, lapped and connected by the stitches 13, the endsof the band and turn-down part being hemmed or turned in and stitched bythe stitches 16 and 17.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, the folded two piece collar will have theexposed longitudinal selvage edges 6, 10 and 11, together with thestitches 13 and 16.

As illustrated in Fig. 6, in manufacturing, a strip of woven webbing isformed with the sections 5 having the shaped selvage edges 6 and 7,between which are the parts 5 adapted to be separated on the transverselines 5", to provide the blank shown in Fig. 2. As illustrated in Fig.7, in manufacturmg a strip of woven webbing is formed with the sections9 having the longitudinal selvage edges 10 and 11 and ends 9 adapted tobe separated upon the transverse lines 9 to provide the neckband blanksillustrated in Fig. 3.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, the parts 5 and 9 may have their edges boundedby the lines 7 and 10 connected by laying one upon the other, and sewingthem by the two rows of stitches 13, the part 5 then being folded to thedotted line position to form a collar having the longitudinal selvageedges 6, 7, 10 and 11, similarly to the collar illustrated in Figs. 4and 5.

As illustrated in Fig. 9, the parts 5 and 9 may be joined along theiredges limited by the lines 7 and 10 by the stitching 14: and by foldingthe parts over these stitches so as to close between them the edges 7and 10, the selvage edges 6 and 11 being turned in and'sewed by thestitches 15 and 16.

As illustrated in Fig. 10, the part 5 may have its edge 7 turned overthe edge 10 of the part 9, the two parts connected in this three plyrelation by the stitches 17 and the parts 5 and 9 folded over thestitches, the parts 6 and 11 being turned in and sewed by the stitches15 and 16.

Having described my invention, I claim 1- 1. A woven collar having oneor more longitudinal selvage free edges, one of said edges being curved,and said collar containing button holes adjacent the ends thereof and abutton hole intermediate the button holes first named.

2. A woven turn-down collar having a neckband with a shaped selvage edgeextending longitudinally thereof and a turndown part with a shapedselvage extending longitudinally thereof.

3. A woven turn-down collar comprising a neckband having longitudinalselvage edges and a turn-down part having longitudinal selvage edges,longitudinal selvage edges of neckband and turn-clown part being sewedtogether.

4, A, woven turn-down collar having a neckband provided withlongitudinal selvage edges together with cut and hemmed ends incombination with a turn-down part provided with longitudinal selvageedges together with cut and hemmed ends, said neokband and turn-downpart having longitudinal selvage edges thereof sewed together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 19th day of July,1922.

LnnwnLL n. GILMER.

